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October 13, 2001 Airstrikes

Operations

• U-S ATTACK MISS VOA 13 Oct. 2001-- A bomb from a U-S warplane has missed its military target at Kabul airport and instead hit a residential area nearby
• USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT13 Oct. 2001 -- USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) made its transit through the Suez Canal with little diffuclty on Oct. 13, 2001.
• AFGHANISTAN/FOODDROP VOA 13 Oct. 2001-- The United States made its first aerial drop of food over the north of Afghanistan Saturday. In some areas people were fighting over the rations

Defense Policy / Programs

Government Statements and Transcripts

• JDAM MISSES INTENDED TARGET IN AFGHANISTAN DOD Press Release 13 Oct. 2001-- At approximately 6:30 p.m. EDT yesterday (Oct. 12), a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet missed its intended target and inadvertently dropped a 2000-pound GPS-guided Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) in a residential area near Kabul Airport, Afghanistan. The intended target was a military helicopter at Kabul Airport, approximately one mile from the residential area.
• Text: Bush Updates Nation on War Against Terrorism 13 Oct. 2001-- American forces dominate the skies over Afghanistan and we will use that dominance to make sure terrorists can no longer freely use Afghanistan as a base of operations.

US Domestic Responses

International Responses

• AFGHANISTAN / TALEBAN DEFECTION VOA 13 Oct. 2001-- In northern Afghanistan there are increasing reports of defections among Taleban fighters. Northern Alliance commanders claim thousands of Taleban soldiers crossed over Saturday to join the Alliance
• NIGERIA / RIOTS VOA 13 Oct. 2001-- At least 10 people have been killed and several mosques and churches have been burned during anti-American riots in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. The Muslim - dominated city has a history of religious violence between Christians and Muslims
• AFGHAN ATTACKS VOA 13 Oct. 2001-- Taleban authorities have rejected President Bush's offer of a "second chance" to surrender Saudi fugitive and alleged terrorist, Osama bin Laden
• INDIA / KASHMIR GROUP VOA 13 Oct. 2001-- India has welcomed a United States decision to freeze the assets of a Pakistan-based militant group operating in the Kashmir region. The group was on a new U-S list of 39 organizations and individuals with terrorist links
• AFGHAN REFUGEES VOA 13 Oct. 2001-- In Afghanistan, the refugee problem is growing inside the country as well as in surrounding areas. In northern Afghanistan people are fleeing their homes and heading for already overcroweded refugees camps

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

News Reports

• US / ANTHRAX VOA 13 Oct. 2001-- U-S officials are investigating several cases of suspicious powder and testing them for the possible presence of anthrax bacteria. Some tests are proving negative, but at least two new findings of the anthrax bacteria have been made
• ANTHRAX / FLORIDA VOA 13 Oct. 2001- In Florida, a newspaper company stricken by an outbreak of anthrax exposure is reporting five more employees have tested positive for the potentially lethal bacterium-
• BUSH AFGHAN VOA 13 Oct. 2001-- President Bush says the United States has achieved the goals of the first phase of its anti-terrorism campaign in Afghanistan. The president also used his weekly radio address today (Saturday) to reassure Americans that officials are taking precautions to protect them from terrorist attacks at home